A member of LBBC’s Medical Advisory Board, Dr. Garber is director of the cancer risk and prevention program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in Boston. She also serves as attending physician at Dana-Farber’s Breast Evaluation Center and is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Her research interests include hereditary and familial breast cancers, novel medicines, managing chemotherapy side effects and cancers in premenopausal women.

A New York Times best-selling author, Mr. Feiler opened the second plenary session by discussing how he coped with his 2008 diagnosis of bone cancer. The experience inspired his book, The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness and the Men Who Could Be Me, which was released just a week before the conference. The book explores how he prepared for the possibility his children could grow up without him. Previously, Mr. Feiler published nine books that reexamine historical people and places.

Ms. Deegan, also speaking during the second plenary, is the evening anchor for “First Coast News” in Jacksonville, Florida. She shared her inspiring journey of thriving while managing breast cancer. After her initial diagnosis, Ms. Deegan established The Donna Foundation, which helps women in northern Florida who are undergoing breast cancer treatment and have financial difficulties. She established an annual race called 26.2 with Donna: The National Marathon to Fight Breast Cancer. All proceeds support breast cancer research and support. Ms. Deegan has published two books about her journey with breast cancer, The Good Fightand Through Rose Colored Glasses.

We would like to thank our lead sponsor, The Breast Cancer Fund of National Philanthropic Trust, and our presenting sponsors, Amgen and Pfizer Oncology. Thank you also to our benefactor sponsors, AstraZeneca,Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, Lilly Oncology and Novartis Oncology; and to supporting sponsors Abraxis Bioscience and Veridex.